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Technical Paper Newsletter 3-11-2009 Tech Paper Library Home  NEW FEATURED TECHNICAL PAPERS Amplifier and Data Converter Guide
Texas Instruments
TI's new 2009 Amplifier and Data Converter Selection Guide features new products, updated selection tables and more tools and software than ever before. TI is your first choice for high-performance, mixed-signal and analog products.
Switched Ethernet Latency Analysis
GE Fanuc
Ethernet has challenged certain alternative network technologies because of its high data throughput rates. However, despite its throughput advantages, Ethernet has a key shortcoming: the exact time it takes any single packet to traverse the network cannot be predicted.
JTAG Advanced Capabilities and System Design
David Morrill • National Semiconductor
This article's intent is to provide a brief overview of JTAG. Several system-level design options will be proposed, from the simplest board-level JTAG chain through a complex embedded multidrop system.
Passing the Test
Happy Holden • Mentor Graphics
With so many different part numbers running through a production facility, it can be difficult to know how well a process is running. This paper discusses six process coupon systems in detail, which cover reliability, end-product, work-in-process, and process parameter evaluations.
Embedded Design Techniques for Selecting Components and Sub-systems
Tektronix
In this white paper, find out how intuitive test and measurement tools can help you make quick and informed choices. As a bonus, a companion webinar on Selecting Components and Sub-systems is also available.
IPv6 for Embedded Devices
Tammy Leino • Mentor Graphics
This paper aims to outline the rise and fall of the IPv4 protocol, the advantages of IPv6 in the embedded industry and the mechanisms in place to transition from IPv4 to IPv6.
Calibre Rule Code Testability: The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Ronald Kalim and Cory Davis • Cypress Semiconductor
Writing Calibre rule checks is easy. Writing correct and complete checks takes more effort. This paper provides tips to develop cases to validate that a rule set checks exactly the required rules, with proper handling of corner cases and prevent the mistakes of false errors or missed real errors.
Fundamentals of PCB Manufacturing
Mark Laing • Mentor Graphics
This paper provides a description of the PCB manufacturing process with respect to the Systems Manufacturing Solutions (SMS) product portfolio of the Systems Design Division (SDD).
LED Drivers Catalog
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments' LED driver and power management products support applications from ultra-small portable displays to large lighting and display panels. This guide highlights several recommended high-performance products for today's LED design requirements.
FPGA Synthesis: Looking Beyond the Obvious
Ehab Mohsen • Mentor Graphics
In many cases, design requirements refer to performance and area—the design needs to operate at a minimum frequency and naturally needs to fit into the selected device. Hence, designers or CAD managers looking to standardize on a synthesis flow tend to look for good out-of-the-box quality-of-results
QNX Connected Automotive Reference (CAR)
QNX Software Systems
This paper looks at how to quickly develop in-vehicle systems with a high level of functionality and reliability while dramatically improving the software development process with an integrated set of software solutions and services.
Reduction of layout complexity for shorter mask writetime
Kenneth Jantzen et al • AMD and Mentor Graphics
This paper will introduce an approach of layout modifications to simplify the data considering both fracturing and mask writing constraints in order to make it more suitable for these processes.
Raising the RTL Abstraction Level and Design Conciseness with SystemVerilog
Sachin Kakkar et al • Mentor Graphics
This paper will focus on the impact of new extensions and constructs in SystemVerilog on hardware designs and describe the usefulness and compatibility of these constructs vis-à-vis pure Verilog constructs.
Developing a Real-Time Wireless Data Acquisition System to Monitor Bridge Health in India
S.K. Nandhini • National Instruments
Read this case study to learn about using strain gages, NI LabVIEW software, the LabVIEW Real-Time Module, and NI SCXI and PXI hardware to develop a remote bridge health monitoring system.
High Quality Test Solutions for Secure Applications
Mentor Graphics
In this paper, we will explore techniques currently used for testing devices designed for secure applications, reviewing the benefits and limitations of each.
Building Dynamic HMIs for Industrial Control with Adobe Flash
Bill Graham and Paul Leroux • QNX Software Systems
This paper looks at preserving realtime performance and reliability while leveraging the power and time-to-market advantages of Flash. It also explores component-based HMI frameworks that seamlessly blend 2D/3D applications, Flash applications, and multimedia.
Nucleus USB Overview
CC Hung • Mentor Graphics
USB is the de facto standard for interconnectivity between PCs and external devices, and USB support for peripheral devices has been a part of embedded software since the beginning. Many embedded systems also host their own USB peripherals.
Improve Quality and Morale: Tips for Managing the Social Effects of Code Review
Smart Bear Software
Have you seen this before? Your development team has just been told they need to do code review. Maybe the mandate is coming from upper management or from an industry regulation. Or maybe even from a visionary (now troublemaker) on the team itself.
Monitoring the Structural Health of the Rion-Antirion Bridge Using LabVIEW Real-Time
Bernard Basile • National Instruments
Read this case study to learn about developing a structural monitoring system to measure and define the behavior of the Rion-Antirion Bridge during normal operation, strong winds, and earthquakes.
TrustMe-ViP: A Virtual RF System Platform Project for TPD
Gilles Jacquemod • Mentor Graphics
Shrinking feature sizes and advanced fabrication technologies enable IC designers to integrate more functionality onto a single chip (SoC: System on Chip), in particular in the Trusted Personal Devices (TPDs) applications.
 HIDDEN GEMS Coordinated Circuit Protection Helps Manufacturers Meet Requirements of GR-1089-CORE, Issue 4
Tyco Electronics

Zero Power Wireless Sensors
Cybmet

Reliable LEDs for Automotive Grade Optocouplers
Leong Yik Loong et al • Avago

Phase-Locked Loops Demystified
John G. Maneatis and Eskinder Hailu • True Circuits

Power Supply Measurement and Analysis
Tektronix

 WHAT'S HOT Embedded Ethernet System Design Guide
Silicon Laboratories

Real-Time Embedded Multithreading: Using ThreadX and MIPS
Edward L. Lamie

Silently Powering Low-Noise Applications
Frederik Dostal • National Semiconductor

GreenPeak about Energy Harvesting
Niek Van Dierdonck • GreenPeak Technologies

Remote Wireless Networking 101
Digi International


Touch Sensor Controller Technology and Application Trends
Fujitsu Microelectronics

Best Practices for REACH Compliance Management for Electronics OEMs
Larry Yen • GreenSoft Technology

Eliminating Embedded Non-Volatile Memory IP Risks in SOCs
Linh Hong • Kilopass Technology

Overview of Structural Health Monitoring Solutions
National Instruments

Embedded Design Techniques for Optimizing Control Parameters
Tektronix

Using 10-Gbps Transceivers in 40G/100G Applications
Altera

Applying Multi-core and Virtualization to Industrial and Safety-Related Applications
Wind River and Intel

Structural/Seismic Monitoring and Testing: National Instruments Products for Laboratory and Research
National Instruments

Moving Legacy Applications to Linux: RTOS Migration Revisited
William Weinberg • MontVista Software

Software Defined Radio Handbook, 7th Edition
Rodger H. Hosking • Pentek

Embedded Ethernet System Design Guide
Silicon Laboratories

A Methodology for Performance Analysis of Network-on-Chip Architectures for Video SoCs
Krishnan Srinivasan • Sonics

Agilent LTE Reference Vector
Agilent

eVM Virtualization Platform for Windows
TenAsys

Getting Started in HDI Fabrication
Happy Holden • Mentor Graphics

Carrier Grade Linux: The OS of Choice for Next-Generation Networks
Glenn Seiler • Wind River

Using C++ Efficiently in Embedded Applications
Cesar A. Quiroz • Mentor Graphics

Carrier Grade Linux: High Service Availability for the Next-Generation Network
Rob Paterson • Wind River

TenAsys Real-time Hypervisor
TenAsys

ROI Impact Analysis of ENOVIA Synchronicity DesignSync Data Manager
ENOVIA, a Dassault Systèmes Brand

A New Approach to User Interface Creation for Consumer Electronic Devices
Mentor Graphics

Leveraging Multicore Software Solutions to Achieve High-Performing Network Elements
Rob Paterson • Wind River

Demystifying DO-254
Tom Dewey • Mentor Graphics

A Scalable Approach for TLM across SystemC and SystemVerilog
Shashi Bhutada • Mentor Graphicsr

Mobile WiMAX Solutions Leading the Momentum Forward
Fujitsu

An Overview of NAND Flash Memory Controllers
Datalight

WiMedia Ultra-wideband: Efficiency Considerations of the Effects of Protocol Overhead on Data Throughput
WiMedia Alliance

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